Chapter 204: Duplicate another post station system
Although Mao Yujian is a new imperial history, and he belongs to the county governor from other places who was transferred to the capital, which can be regarded as a high promotion, but this does not mean that he doesn't know what the hell is with Huang Liji.
The officials of all sizes in the capital spread it in private, and when they were dissatisfied with anyone, the most vicious curse was that you would be with Huang Li in the morning and evening.
When Mao Yujian first arrived in the capital, although he knew that Huang Liji was the former first minister and was killed by Emperor Chongzhen, wasn't he just a death? Can it still scare my generation of readers?
But when Mao Yujian saw the scarecrows that had been patched up countless times at the noon gate, he completely understood in his heart what was going on with Huang Liji's companionship - it was so fucking vicious, no matter when, it was hanging on the noon gate, which was very painful.
I heard that only in the days of the Chinese New Year, these scarecrows will be plucked, so as not to affect the image. As soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passes, it will be hung up again.
Now when he heard Emperor Chongzhen say that he wanted to hang himself up, a finally uncontrollable urge of urine rushed straight down his crotch, and for a while, a smell of urine spread around Mao Yujian, causing the other courtiers around him to cover their noses and retreat.
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand in disgust, and the Han general of the Jinyi Guard Hall came over, ignoring Mao Yujian's begging for mercy, and dragged him away directly.
Mao Yujian was made to be a scarecrow, but Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers in the palace and spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, can anyone tell me how many people regard the "Regulations for the Post" set in the third year of Wanli as a joke? Well?!
If you take the fortune of the country, you still want to take advantage of the country, touch your conscience and ask, won't it hurt? If you still have a conscience! ”
After saying this, Chongzhen looked at the ministers of the court who knelt down and pleaded silently, and his heart was bored again.
"It's all flat."
After ordering the courtiers to get up, Chongzhen continued: "The regulations for the post must be strictly enforced. But what about others? If you are not allowed to gallop, the speed will inevitably be affected, and the north-south exchanges of the Ming Dynasty will also be affected.
So, do you have any good solutions? ”
Wen Tiren pondered for a long time before he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that another set of post stations can be built for the use of the people and the government on weekdays. As for the original civil information bureau, it can be used as a supplement. That is, not to encourage, not to crack, to develop on its own. ”
Chongzhen snorted, this is what a real person should say. Don't worry if this thing works or not, at least they have already given a solution.
As for what to do when it doesn't work, it's not simple, there are people in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone can figure out a way together. As long as these officials and gentlemen in the court keep thinking about it, and can't think of it, they won't be allowed to eat or go home, then there is a way.
Besides, how could Emperor Chongzhen not know that this set proposed by Wen Tiren was not the postal system of later generations. What the hell is the Minxin Bureau, Emperor Chongzhen said that he didn't know. But it doesn't matter if you don't know, just look it up.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had made up his mind in his heart, snorted, and continued: "If the whole country is to build another post station system, how long will it take?" How many more people will be recruited? How much does it cost? ”
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These questions asked by Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Tiren really didn't fucking know. Not to mention Wen Tiren, no one in the entire court knows how much time, manpower and cost it will take to completely replicate a post station system.
The post station, whether it is big or not, is not small, this thing has been done since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.
After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, due to the large territory and inconvenient management, in order to quickly transmit military information and transport materials, the Song Dynasty and the previous post were changed to Zhanchi. Taking Shaanxi as an example, there are 80 horse stations and 1 water station in the whole of Shaanxi. Each station has post orders, post orders, withdrawals and hundreds of households, in charge of various affairs.
The post order is the head of the post station, the post is in charge of the post affairs, and the 100 households are the "chief of the centurions", and they are selected in the station to be the treasurer of the post station. The person who guards the warehouse is called the warehouse, and it belongs to the leaders of 100 households. and set up a chief thinker to take charge of the food supply. The term of office of the post officer is 3 years, and he will be replaced at the end of the term.
Those who levy civilian servants to serve at post stations are called station households. Once the station household is registered in the household register, it will serve for life; If the household is endless, the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the brother dies. The station owner is responsible for purchasing horses, mules, cars, and boats for the station, and provides all expenses for his own expenses.
The number of households at each station varies, the most are two or three thousand, and the few are dozens or one or two hundred. The station household is prepared according to the decimal system, and the ten households are a first, with a brand, that is, the length of the ten households, and the station horse is supplied. There are 100 households in the top 10.
In addition to providing transportation and miscellaneous duties, the station households also had to provide food and drink for the envoys. Due to the greed and violence of officials, there is no fixed amount of burden on the station households, and they often go bankrupt and flee from home, which is miserable.
After the cattle herding baby scared Meng Yuan to death, this whole set of post station system will be cheaper than Daming. Not only that, Lao Zhu also strengthened the construction of the post station system in remote areas at that time.
The post station of the Ming Dynasty set up a post man, no grade, the source is mostly poor, and the post station is in charge of the send-off. After serving for 3 years, you can go to the Ministry of Officials to listen to the election.
Yicheng is selected from the people's solid family, and those who can be selected for their talents and appearances, such as the county Shenzhou, the state Shenfu, and the government Shenbu Political Division, are allowed to participate in the program. There are also court officials who are demoted to postmen. There are also people in remote areas who do not have post offices, and hundreds of households in the guard office are post officials.
Although the post is a humble official, his responsibility is important, and most of the objects of greeting and sending off are prominent officials. In addition to the post, there is usually one official to assist the poster. The post official must serve for 9 years before the expiration of the term.
In addition to the management personnel, Mingyi also has a husband. Husband's service, also known as post soldiers, is huge and has complex sources. There are professional post guards who serve in post stations all year round, poor peasants who bring their own rations to serve in post stations in turn, border guards who are transferred, and convicts who are assigned to remote post stations.
The division of labor is more detailed than that of Mengyuan station households, with horsemen, donkey drivers, horse heads, and donkey heads. The groom and donkey man took care of the horses and donkeys and promised errands. The head of the horse and the head of the donkey are in charge of buying horses, donkeys and sundries. The coachman and the cook have their own specialty. The library is divided into rice storage, spreading storage, and forage storage. Bucket level and anti-husband are responsible for the security of the post station and warehouse. The wardener is responsible for the care of passing prisoners. The sedan chair man and the barman are the hardest servants.
Wen Tiren probably knew some of this information, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't know it at all. And in addition to the above people, there are also Jinyiwei stationed in various post stations, but they are only compiled in Jinyiwei instead of post stations.
In addition to this post station system, Daming also has delivery offices on some main post roads, specializing in the transportation of official goods. There are generally about 200 cattle in the delivery station, which are used for driving. Each cart has a cart, carrying 15 stones, three coachmen, three oxen, and ten cloth bags. A small cart, carrying three stones of grain, a coachman, and an ox. The cart is more labor-saving than the cattle.
For example, this time Emperor Chongzhen threw Zhang Houye at the post station to deal with the problem of grain transshipment, and this matter had to fall on the delivery station in the end. It's just that Emperor Chongzhen Xiaobai didn't know, thinking that he was going to the post station, so he ran to the post station to rest, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to meet Mao Yujian's wonderful wife.
Wen Tiren thought about it for a while, and felt that he couldn't resist this matter by himself. If you don't pull a few people into the water, you will be tired to death, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to get it done: "Your Majesty, this matter is good governance, but there are too many related affairs, and the minister alone does not know the key to this, so please send your majesty to send the military department and the household department to each other to be responsible for this matter." ”
Xiaobai's Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, then nodded and said, "Accurate." Guo Aiqing and Cui Aiqing selected personnel, followed Wen Aiqing's assignment, and sorted out the matter as soon as possible before submitting it to me for information. ”
However, what makes the bigwigs in the court desperate is that the emperor was what he was and what he is now, and he will not change anything because of this action on the post station.
Because early the next morning, someone in the palace ordered someone to spread the word, and Emperor Chongzhen, who had arranged the matter, ran away again, and the destination was unknown, and the cabinet also confirmed the news, but Wen Tiren and Cui Chengxiu, as well as Guo Yunhou, the three of them stared at each other in confusion.